Bug#636075: boinc-client: Boinc is (too) disk intensive

[Kevin Reed]

BOINC is not causing the heavy IO - it is the research application 'The
Clean Energy Project' from World Community Grid.

That  research application uses very heavy disk IO.  This is why when a
user signs up to participate at World Community Grid, 'The Clean Energy
Project' it is not selected by default and there is a warning  that says
"Please review the system requirements before opting to participate in this
project ". There is a link to the system requirements that states that 2GB
of disk space is required.

Additionally, if a user still proceeds to select the project, they will be
limited to only have one workunit for the project at a time downloaded by
the BOINC client.  In the information above, the user has three workunits
downloaded.  This means that they took further action to change the default
behavior through an option that is buried pretty deeply in preferences.

Further discussion of this issue is most appropriately handled on the World
Community Grid forums for this research application at
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/listthreads?forum=480

thanks,
Kevin Reed
World Community Grid Technical Support
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